Nanbanbang, Heqing (member 2) (Pliocene of China)

Where: Yunnan, China (26.5° N, 100.2° E: paleocoordinates 25.7° N, 99.5° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Sanying Formation, Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)

• 2nd member, numbered from bottom to top

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; claystone

Size class: mesofossils

Collection methods: sieve

• Repository: Key Laboratory for Plant Biodiversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Primary reference: H. S. Huang, J. J. Hu, T. Su and Z. K. Zhou. 2016. The occurrence of Quercus heqingensis n. sp. and its application to palaeo-CO2 estimates. Chinese Science Bulletin 61:1354-1364 [B. Allen/B. Allen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 224477: authorized by Bethany Allen, entered by Bethany Allen on 08.03.2022

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Angiospermae
 Fagales - Fagaceae
Quercus (Heterobalanus) heqingensis n. sp. Huang and Zhou 2015 oak
PC2015021 (holotype), PC2015015-20, PC2015022-26